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On the sixth day of the second month, Mao Shi.

Zheng Xunrui and Hong Chengchou came to the palace together, I don't know how long they waited, a eunuch came, and under the guidance of the eunuch, the two arrived at the Qianqing Palace.

When the two met, just a few words of greeting, there were no other words, it is not normal to say such a situation, Zheng Xunrui and Hong Chengchou have a lot of intersections in doing things, for example, to encircle and suppress the Houjin Tartars together, and fight against the Liukou together, but the two met for the first time, when he saw Hong Chengchou, Zheng Xunrui's feelings were a little strange, he noticed that Hong Chengchou was a very particular person, his official uniform was very neat, and he couldn't even see a fold, and in the process of walking, pay attention to staring at his feet, If there is a small water stain, it will be bypassed.

Zheng Xunrui, who has crossed over, has been in contact with such people, this kind of person has a significant characteristic, that is, the relationship is very good, they take care of other people's emotions, at least they are outstanding in social interaction, and such people can keenly capture the preferences of others, and do what they like, which should be an advantage.

But such a person also has an obvious problem, that is, he wraps himself very tightly, and he will not easily reveal what he thinks in his heart, Hong Chengchou is already in his forties, he sees the problem basically fixed, and has his own understanding, which shows that Hong Chengchou has deep-rooted thoughts and understanding of everything.

It is very difficult for such a person to win over, unless you can grasp the needs of the other party, be able to give the other party enough things, and it is difficult for you to know what this kind of person is thinking all the time, that is to say, smart people will be very tired when dealing with such people, and there will be a taste of more gains than losses.

From this, Zheng Xunrui thought of Qian Shisheng, Hou Xun and others. On behalf of the Donglin Party to win over Hong Chengchou, I am afraid that he has paid a lot of things, otherwise Hong Chengchou would not have complied and ignored it.

The two came to the outside of the Qianqing Palace and waited for the emperor's summons.

The eunuch led the two to the Qianqing Palace. Instead of Honglu Temple or the officials of the Ministry of Rites, this means that the emperor has begun to trust the eunuchs again, and the status of the eunuchs in the court is not ordinary, and it is funny to think about it, when the emperor just ascended the throne. Using thunderous means, Wei Zhongxian was decisively cleaned up, and even a lot of eunuchs were purged, at that time the emperor hated the eunuchs, but only four years later, by the fourth year of Chongzhen, the emperor began to trust the eunuchs again.

This detail shows that the emperor no longer has special trust in the ministers of the court.

After only a quarter of an hour's wait, the eunuch came out again. brought the two into the Qianqing Palace.

The cabinet ministers, as well as the Shangshu of the six ministries, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the Zuodu Yushi and others were all in the Qianqing Palace.

It seems that this is a very important pilgrimage.

With a kind smile on his face, the emperor immediately spoke after Zheng Xunrui and Hong Chengchou saluted.

"Zheng Aiqing, Hong Aiqing, I want to wear it, you are all the ministers of the humerus in the court, I have your support, it can be said that I can sit back and relax."

Hong Chengchou and Zheng Xunrui immediately thanked him. The emperor said such words, which is the greatest praise.

I don't know why, Zheng Xunrui after Thanksgiving, there is not much smile on his face.

Soon. The first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren, spoke.

"Your Majesty, Lord Zheng led the Zheng army to recover Shuangdao, Lushun, Jinzhou, Xinhui, Fuzhou, Yongning and Xuancheng, defeated the Houjin Tartars, and captured the Houjin Wuying King Azige, and the minister thought that he should be rewarded. The minister suggested that Zheng Jiajun be rewarded with one million taels of silver. ”

The emperor nodded and spoke.

"What Wen Aiqing said is very true, pass on the decree, reward Zheng Jiajun with one million taels of silver, and entitle the Household Department Shangshu, the Right Capital Imperial History, and the Governor of Caoyun, Zheng Xunrui, the prince Shaobao."

Zheng Xunrui can only kneel down to thank him, and was awarded the title of Prince Shaobao, although it is still the rank of the second grade, but the meaning is different, this is the highest reward, the honorary position of the third duke, the third orphan, the third division of the prince, and the third young prince will not be rewarded easily, either he has entered the cabinet, or he has made great contributions, and such a reward is only qualified for civil officials, and the generals are basically not qualified, and no matter how great the merit is, it will not work.

After being crowned as the third young prince of the crown prince, it means that he will enter the cabinet one day, which is a matter of course.

Zheng Xunrui is only twenty-three years old, and he was named the crown prince at such a young age, which is also an unprecedented matter in the Ming Dynasty, and no minister has ever received such a high honor at such a young age.

For a while, everyone's eyes looked at Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui is calm, the inner uneasiness is even greater, there will be no pie in the sky, although he led the Zheng family army soldiers, defeated the Houjin Tartars, and recovered a lot of places, but the emperor has rewarded the Zheng family army with one million taels of silver, there is no need to crown himself as the crown prince Shaobao, since he has given such a great glory, I am afraid that there will be corresponding requirements in the future.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor's words fell, Cabinet Minister Qian Shisheng spoke.

"The emperor's rewards and punishments are clear, the ministers are deeply admired, Lord Zheng led the Zheng family army soldiers, recovered the lost land, defeated the Houjin Tartars, captured the Houjin county king, such merits, should be rewarded, think that the Houjin Tartars, do not think of education, repeatedly offend my Ming Tianyan, which is unbearable, the minister suggested, the court should take advantage of this reality, a powerful blow to the Houjin Tartars, although it is not possible to completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars in a short period of time, but should also seize the favorable opportunity to weaken the strength of the Houjin Tartars."

After Qian Shisheng finished speaking, Zhang Fengyi's face changed, and he was about to speak.

Who knew that the emperor spoke at this moment.

"Qian Aiqing's suggestion is to stand at the height of the imperial court, and the matter of exterminating the Golden Tartars is Hong Aiqing's responsibility, I don't know how Hong Aiqing thinks about it."

Hong Chengchou walked out of the column and spoke respectfully.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Qian said has some truth, Houjin Tartar has been fighting for many years, and its strength is still strong, and it is impossible to exterminate it in a short time, but it is still feasible to use the form of small-scale battles to effectively weaken its strength."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Hong Chengchou, as if he suddenly didn't know him.

It is impossible for Hong Chengchou not to know the situation in Liaodong, it is impossible not to know the strength of the Houjin Tartars, it should be said that in the face of the emperor's consultation, he can put forward pertinent opinions, but Hong Chengchou did not do this, but echoed Qian Shisheng's proposal.

Hong Chengchou was the governor of Jiliao, responsible for resisting and attacking the Houjin Tartars, and since he agreed with Qian Shisheng's proposal, the other cabinet ministers could not say anything.

Sure enough, after Hong Chengchou said it, Zhang Fengyi sighed slightly and stopped talking.

The emperor looked at Zheng Xunrui.

"Zheng Aiqing, what is your opinion?"

"Your Majesty, the ministers have some different ideas, and some of the ministers agree with the proposals of Lord Qian and Lord Hong."

"Oh, why Zheng Aiqing said that, I don't understand."

"The minister thinks that the imperial court regained Lushun and Fuzhou and other places, it is worth celebrating, so I Ming controlled the coast of Liaodong, the west can contact Tianjin Wei, the east can contact Phi Island, the south to Penglai City as a reliance, the north can be in Gaizhou to resist the Houjin Tartars, so this will become the henchmen of the Houjin Tartars, Huang Taiji, who is on the Korean expedition, after learning the news, hurriedly withdrew his troops, the truth is here."

"Lord Qian and Lord Hong suggested that they could take advantage of this opportunity to weaken the viable force of the Houjin Tartars, and the minister's suggestion was that the army stationed in Liaodong could march towards Dalinghe City and Guangning and other places, and if there was an opportunity, they would recover these places, and if there was a problem, they could also take advantage of the situation to attack the Houjin Tartars, so that the Houjin Tartars could not be attacked on both sides, which could not be taken into account."

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Zhang Fengyi's face showed a smile, and he looked at Zheng Xunrui's eyes with an unusual deep meaning.

Hong Chengchou's face changed, he never imagined that Zheng Xunrui actually said directly to Liaodong and asked the army stationed in Liaodong to attack, which is absolutely impossible, as long as the army launches an attack in Dalinghe City and Guangning, Huang Taiji will definitely send heavy troops to deal with it, and at that time, the army stationed in the Guanning Jin defense line will not be able to deal with it.

As soon as Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Hong Chengchou followed suit.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Zheng's suggestion is inappropriate, the situation in Liaodong has not yet changed in any way, the army is sticking to the Guanningjin defense line, so that the Houjin Tartars can not break through here, which indicates that the Guanningjin defense line has become an unbreakable city wall, and the Houjin Tartars are blocked outside the pass, if the army stationed here rashly attacks, there will be a big problem in the Guanningjin defense line, and the Guanningjin defense line can not have the slightest mistake, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable."

Hong Chengchou is very smart, he did not ask the Zheng family army stationed in Fuzhou to launch an attack on Gaizhou, after all, the army led by yourself is stuck in the city from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan, passive defense, and even unable to defend a large area outside the city, but he asked other armies to launch an attack and hit the Houjin Tartars fiercely, which doesn't make sense.

After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Hou Xun followed and spoke.

"The minister thinks that Lord Qian's suggestion is feasible, whether it is to launch an attack from the direction of Liaodong or from the direction of Fuzhou, there needs to be a unified command, Lord Hong is the governor of Jiliao, responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, the minister suggests that Lord Hong make all the decisions to see how to dissipate the vitality of the Golden Tartar."

This kung fu of singing a harmony and changing the topic can be described as extremely clever.

In any case, Qian Shisheng and Hou Xun's goals are aimed at Zheng Xunrui, this is a step-by-step approach, and Hou Xun's suggestions have touched Zheng Xunrui's bottom line, that is, the issue of Zheng Jiajun's command.

The bloodless game of life and death has begun at this time.

Zheng Xunrui concentrated, at this time he was going to attack, passive defense or the practice of diverting the target, it was not very effective, and he had to bayonet to see blood. (To be continued.) )